2014年12月3日 · Noteworthy, the airplanes released the Globemasters released flares, high-temperature heat sources used to mislead surface-to-air or air-to-air missile’s heat-seeking targeting systems, creating...

Flares used by pilots are life-saving emergency countermeasures that keep Team Dover aircraft in the skies delivering airlift cargo to the warfighter. Flares play a pivotal role keeping Dover's C-5M Super Galaxies and C-17A Globemaster IIIs from being shot down while conducting combat operations downrange.

2014年10月14日 · C-17 Globemaster III fireworks! Video of C-17s popping aerial IR countermeasure flares. Video by Airman 1st Class Carly Kavish | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richard...

Video by Douglas Lay. 2nd Combat Camera Squadron- Edit from longer piece - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjI39-hzC-4 Click to subscribe! http://bit.ly/subA...

2024年11月20日 · A flare is a defensive tool used by military aircraft. It is an aerial infrared countermeasure that protects aircraft from heat-seeking missiles. These missiles are often designed to target the heat signature of the aircraft’s engines. By deploying flares, the C-17 aims to confuse the missile’s guidance system. The Working Mechanism

An Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster from the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., shoots flares above the California area. (U.S. Air Force video by...

2014年11月25日 · C-17 Globemaster III from JBER, McChord, Travis, and Hickam trained at night near Anchorage as part of Large Package Week, formerly known as Jump Week. Each aircraft deployed countermeasure...

Countermeasures dispensers release chaff and flares designed to distract and decoy incoming heat-seeking or radar-guided missiles. These countermeasures create false targets or emit intense heat sources, diverting incoming threats away from the aircraft. Crew Training.

2016年4月5日 · Flares used by pilots are life-saving emergency countermeasures that keep Dover Air Force Base aircraft in the skies delivering airlift cargo to the warfighter. Flares play a pivotal role keeping Dover's C-5M Super Galaxies and C-17A Globemaster IIIs from being shot down while conducting combat operations downrange.

2016年3月6日 · A 62nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III aircrew found itself away from the rainy climate of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and in the sunshine of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., participating in an Air Mobility Command flare effectiveness test, that started,